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Definition of partitionary - 4 dictionary results

par⋅ti⋅tion

  [pahr-tish-uhn, per-]
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–noun
1. a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
2. a separation, as of two or more things.
3. something that separates or divides.
4. a part, division, or section.
5. an interior wall or barrier dividing a room, area of a building, enclosure, etc., into separate areas.
6. a septum or dissepiment, as in a plant or animal structure.
7. Law. a division of property among joint owners or tenants in common or a sale of such property followed by a division of the proceeds.
8. Logic. the separation of a whole into its integrant parts.
9. Mathematics.
a. a mode of separating a positive whole number into a sum of positive whole numbers.
b. the decomposition of a set into disjoint subsets whose union is the original set: A partition of the set (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) is the collection of subsets (1), (2, 3), (4), and (5).
10. Rhetoric. (in a speech organized on classical principles) the second, usually brief section or part in which a speaker announces the chief lines of thought to be discussed in support of his or her theme.
–verb (used with object)
11. to divide into parts or portions.
12. to divide or separate by interior walls, barriers, or the like (sometimes fol. by off): to partition off a dormitory into cubicles.
13. to divide (a country or territory) into separate, usually differing political entities. Compare Balkanize.
14. Law. to divide property among several owners, either in specie or by sale and division of the proceeds.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L partītiōn- (s. of partītiō) division, equiv. to partīt(us) ptp. of partīrī to divide (see party ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
par⋅ti⋅tion⋅a⋅ble, adjective
par⋅ti⋅tion⋅ar⋅y, adjective
par⋅ti⋅tion⋅er, par⋅ti⋅tion⋅ist, noun
par⋅ti⋅tion⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. See division. 11. portion, apportion.

Antonyms:
2. unity. 11. unite.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: par·ti·tion
Pronunciation: pär-'ti-sh&n
Function: noun
: the severance voluntarily or by legal proceedings of common or undivided interests in property and esp. real property : division into severalty of property held jointly or in common or the sale of such property by a court with division of the proceeds —partition transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: par·ti·tion
Pronunciation: pär-'tish-&n
Function: noun
: the distribution of a substance between two immiscible phases incontact at equilibrium and especially between two liquids —partition transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

partition par·ti·tion (pär-tĭsh'ən)
n.

  1. The act or process of dividing something into parts.

  2. The state of being so divided.

  3. A wall, septum, or other separating membrane in an organism.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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